My Readathon Quandary!

Tomorrow is Can Do MS day and I decided to pick my book (books) for next months Readathon, it may seem trivial to some but it is something for me to take into consideration. In past readathons I've read both fiction and nonfiction, what I'm stuck on is IF I dedicate my time to a nonFiction MS book then I don't want to make the mistake of buzzing through the book too quickly, and since I'm dedicating my time on behald of Multiple Sclerosis and MS Advocacy I always question whether I shouldn't be reading an MS focused book. 

Right now as it stands there are two particular books that are leading the race

It's Not All in Your Head by Patricia Farrell PHD

it's common for MSers and to experience a wide array of issues and Dr Farrell deals with these issues in her book 

(please be aware that since I'm deciding which books to read that I haven't READ them yet)

and M is for Monster a Modern Bestiary of Classic Monsters

and just in time for Halloween a true scare fest!!

so far these books are leading the pack, eventual back-ups to these books include books by Palahniuk (which I have a few which I haven't cracked yet) and in a not so distant third place is

11/22/63 an imaginative story set a midst the tumult of the Kennedy Assassination with a fictional story as the main focus.

I invite any input by fellow MSers or fellow Bibliophiles, my intended Readathon is on October 13th   

Learn more here

Deweys 24 Hour Readathon  

NMSS

A funk or a rutt?

I've been in kind of a funk of indeterminate origin, I don't know if it's MS related or if the upcoming election is just getting to me. From the start of my morning , I listen to NPR but to placate my father I put on his Cuban talk radio which consists of elderly Floridian-Cubans nagging and yelling about the president. After that I sort through postings through Facebook.... I think I just solved my own problem, most of my "Facebook-ing" was supposed to be solely MS related or at the most Cat-meme related. Being an MSer and a one-time advocate (I gave up on that because I'm just too opinionated) I admit that I got too caught up in why I hate Romney and stopped talking about the MS nation in general.

UPDATE!

Ok, I'm proud to report that I am AOK and alive. As evidenced by my lack of posts I had a very VERY lazy August. One bright spot is I did a little post for Erase MS a few weeks ago regarding the readathon that I like to participate in and I am happy to say that the readathon is back for October. On October 13th Deweys 24 hour readathon is back, it isn't necessary to do the whole thing but it's fun to try. I do my part in the readathon to raise Multiple sclerosis awareness, it's quite a feat considering that I have cognitive issues and I can have minor vision issues related to fatigue. Nothing should be impossible so I will be doing my part to SAFELY bring MS awareness and remind MSers to not be scared of books! I invite you to check them out here Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon!

Saladjunkie

I always try to keep an eye towards what I eat, sometimes I do a good job sometimes not so good. Lately though I've been trying to go big on my salad intake

Although it's probably a lazy way to go about it I've really been enjoying the salad mix bags that come pre-chopped. They really are convenient especially since I don't have to spend all that time chopping and whatnot. In a typical week I can go through about two bags just by myself, it's a great thing not from a nutrition aspect but also in a umm... "roughage" standpoint. Like most MSers my digestion is not always my best friend so I take any help where I can get it.

Update 7/23

I neglected to mention in my last post (but it was probably obvious) I have a new laptop, it feels great to not burn my legs while I try to balance that heavy dinasour. I also made some cosmetic changes to the page, as well as launched my own Youtube channel 

in addition

sometimes I struggle with typing here because my thoughts are all over the place. Like some MSers I have cognitive setbacks so I figured I can speak on a video blog (Vlog). It may come back to get me in the end if I can't speak my thoughts in a clear consistent manner. Well I gave it a try, since this was my first time I took it as an opportunity to introduce myself. Vlog thru Youtube My intention is to share more through Youtube, both info and some humor (if I can manage that)

Ugh well, what can I do

My laptop shut itself off about 4 times today- Well I guess it's a good thing that I'm not one for words because starting this afternoon I am doing this off of my phone ONLY - my laptop is old and was a hand me down from some friends.. Laptops might be cheap but having MS and being on a budget the laptop might as well cost a million dollars /:- l .. So as any MSer does I adapt it, it may not be great but at least I got something..